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Lars H. Fuller

Lars Fuller has significant experience advising and representing corporate entities and individuals in a broad range of commercial matters, including bankruptcy, restructuring, creditors’ rights, debt finance, commercial litigation, private equity and venture capital. His practice focuses on advising healthy and distressed entities, financial institutions, bondholders and investors in all types of transactions and restructurings related to troubled company situations.

Mr. Fuller has been transactional and litigation counsel to numerous corporations involved in Chapter 11 reorganizations, liquidations, asset sales, debt restructurings and mergers and acquisitions. He practices with a particular emphasis on lending and investment transactions involving distressed companies both inside and outside of bankruptcy. He represents debtors, trustees, creditors and creditors’ committees in large Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 cases. Mr. Fuller has significant experience in the prosecution and defense of preference and fraudulent transfers actions, relief from stay issues and executory lease and contract matters.

In addition, Mr. Fuller counsels manufacturers, lenders, financial institutions, retail chains, construction companies, importers, technology companies, real estate firms and professional service companies in commercial transactions, litigation, refinancing, financial workouts, bankruptcy-related matters and acquisitions.

Prior to joining Baker Hostetler, Mr. Fuller clerked for the Honorable Patricia Clark and the Honorable A. Bruce Campbell, both judges in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado. He was an associate with Jessop & Company, P.C., a bankruptcy and commercial transactions firm in Denver, and Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP, a commercial litigation and transactions firm in Denver.

Examples of Mr. Fuller’s practice include:

• Representation of Irving H. Picard, Trustee for the SIPA liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, in connection with Baker Hostetler’s role as counsel.
• Representation of oil and gas developer in recovery of more than $1 million from executory contract in Chapter 11 bankruptcy pending in the Northern District of Texas.
• Representation of landlord in recovery of postpetition rents in Chapter 11 bankruptcy of national retailer pending in Delaware.
• Representation of Committee of Unsecured Creditors holding claims in excess of $100 million in bankruptcy of title insurance agent and subsidiaries with more than $500 million in annual gross revenue, participating in investigation of debtor assets and claims.
• Representation of Chair of Unsecured Creditors Committee in Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Debtor having claims in excess of $10 million, participating in negotiations with secured creditor.
• Representation of secured creditor holding $8 million claim in condominium complex owned by Chapter 11 debtor; evaluating and advising creditor on cash collateral issues, relief from stay, disclosure statement and plan issues and negotiating resolutions with debtor.
• Representation of bankruptcy preference defendants, including international business defending against claim in excess of $600,000 asserted by bankruptcy trustee.
• Representation of secured lender with claim in excess of $300,000 in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, evaluating disputed lien priority issues, cash collateral issues and default remedies.
• Representation of bank holding $16 million claim secured by real estate and cattle held by individual and entities and located in three states; coordinating Article 9 foreclosure and advisement of bank following involuntary bankruptcy filed against debtor.
• Representation of commercial debtor with excess of $3 million debt in wind-up outside of bankruptcy.
• Representation of reorganizing Chapter 11 commercial debtor with more than $3 million in gross annual revenues; supervising preparation of statement of financial affairs, schedules and monthly operating reports.
• Representation of bank holding claim in excess of $400,000 secured by cattle and personalty; evaluated Article 9 rights and remedies, title issues and estate claims and negotiated resolution with Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee.
• Representation of commercial landlord of 185,000 square foot building and $9 million future rent claim with tenant in Chapter 11, advising client of bankruptcy rights and remedies.
• Representation of aircraft lessor holding claims in excess of $10 million in Chapter 11 bankruptcies.
• Representation of bankruptcy trustee of estate having claims in excess of $30 million and assets valued between $5 - $10 million in avoidance suits.
• Representation of international company in sale of assets, liquidation, litigation, and wind-up.
• Representation of borrower in refinancing of $3 million plus debt for apartment complex.

Mr. Fuller’s publications include his article, “Judging the Future: How Social Trends Will Affect the Courts,” 69:2 Denv. U. L. Rev. 201 (1990). Mr. Fuller is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute (Board Member for ABI Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference), the Colorado and Denver Bar Associations and the Faculty of Federal Advocates.